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Licorice-scented silvery green narrow foliage complements the gorgeous sprays of coral-orange flowers with contrasting rosy violet buds. The elegant spires of bloom and fine foliage creates a haze of color all summer and fall. Deadhead to continue ample bloom. Best in very well-drained soils with a gravel mulch. Avoid heavy clay soils for successful overwintering, and wait until earliest spring to cut back. Drought tolerant once established, water regularly the first year.

Willowy see-through Agastache has their own considerable charms, but sometimes you just want more, more, more! Peachie Keen is crowded with tiny flowers all along the wands of bloom, all the more to keep hummingbirds, and you, happy. Patented.

Our first and still most favorite agastache that hummers love too- we often see them buzz possessively around the abundant blossoms. This tough as nails selection from Ginny Hunt is tall and graceful with masses of peachy-pink flower wands blooming all summer and fall, one of the longest flowering selections! For well-drained, even sharply drained soils. Deadhead and supply regular watering until established, when it will tolerate periods of drought. Wait until spring to cut back for enhanced winter survival.

One of my favorites, Rehmannia produces spikes of gloxinia-shaped flowers with a delicious raspberry color; the yellow throats dotted inside with carmine. The textured leaves grow in rosettes and turn deep red in fall, spreading readily by runners. Listed in a 1915 seed catalog for florists.

A new interspecific cross with an exotic Canary Island foxglove, ‘Plum Gold’ has compact spikes packed with rows of trumpet-shaped blooms in summer and fall, way beyond old-fashioned foxgloves spring only show. The saturated deep color is a standout in pots or borders; provide regular fertilizer and deadhead for flower perfection!

A sparkling addition to the dappled shade garden, in pots or in borders, 'Genii' is dripping with jewel-like blooms of rose red and inky purple, flashy against the arching branches of lime green foliage. A very hardy selection that will decorate your patio all season.

A deliciously scented jasmine, the delicate fragrance intensifying in a warm, sheltered position in sun to partial shade. Hummingbirds visit the shell-pink flowers as soon as they open from furled rose pink buds. A great low maintenance twining vine that blooms early summer and grows easily in a large pot. Pair with honeysuckle 'Serotina' on an arbor for continuous bloom. In northern areas bring indoors in winter into a cool sunny room or enclosed porch- for this award winner is one to keep!

Introduced to England from South America in 1726, this plant has strong stems supporting clusters of lilac flowers in rounded heads. The dark green leaves are unmarked by pest or disease, and it blooms heavily and continuously until late fall freezes. Self sows.

Found in the English town of Bampton, this new verbena is a forest of deep purple glossy stems holding clouds of lavender pink petite flowers at the tips, freely blooming summer and fall. Grown in masses, it creates a hazy, see through look that is wonderful in pots or at the front of the dry border. Color deepens in cool weather. Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora.

A short and sweet form of tall verbena, Lollipop has the same strong wiry stems holding clusters of lavender blooms. A feast for diverse pollinators including migrating Monarchs, it continues in bloom late in the season. Perfect for containers or the garden’s edge and especially lovely in groups.

An award winning antique variety from 1883, 'Comte de Brazza' has ruffled blooms and a heavenly perfume. Prized for bouquets and corsages at the turn of the century, when sweet violets were all the rage, this variety is sure to rekindle a passion for violets.

The origin of the Parma violets is unknown, however, Empress Josephine, who grew them at Malmaison, embraced them. The most richly scented of all violets, the 1870 'Duchesse de Parme' has doubled flowers of lavender. Once grown for use in perfumery and corsages, we enjoy it today as a potted plant, where the petite flowers show to best advantage. Winter indoors in the North.Limited quantity.

Our richest hued Parma, famously endowed with a heady fragrance, is the namesake of the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Little rosettes of gathered petals sport white centers that set off the deep lavender petals. Listed as a new variety in an 1871 American garden catalog. A choice variety for pots!